the life of a military wife.

what i'd sometimes like to say

seeing your husband leave and knowing you won't be able to hold him in your arms for six months.

you have to go on with your life as if everything is "normal" when it's anything but. you go to work to have customers scream at you, because their air conditioner isn't working and you can't send a technician out until tomorrow. you want to scream back at them and tell them that if that's the worse they have to deal with, then they are doing just fine. but you don't.

you come home to an empty house (because lets face it, it's not a HOME without him) and you still keep care of said house, even if it feels unimportant and pointless. you cut the grass and diligently take care of the cars. you go on.

you count down the days until he returns and send packages and love notes to him as often as you can.

you are a military wife.

going to the chapel and we're gonna get married

the day i married my knight in shimmering armor was a beautiful, sunny and unseasonably warm day. it took place at the little wedding chapel in elkton, md.

the little wedding chapel is full of history and you can feel the past as soon as you enter. billie holiday and willie mays were married here (not to each other) and it seems like everyone i talk to was either married there or knew someone who had been.

a view of the alter

frank, the officiant, had all the appearances of a gruff old man. but as the old adage goes, don't judge a book by it's cover, he was one of the sweetest men i've ever met. you can tell he actually believes in marriage and the simplicities of love.

i didn't know until the other day, but the chapel is for sale. sadly it will probably not carry on as a chapel as the area has not retained much of its history.

who knows. love is strong. if there are any rich romantics out there, this ones for you...

front of the chapel (source)